Wednesday, May 20, 2020

#11 - Kid A


#11
Artist: Radiohead
Album: Kid A
Year of Release: 2000
Label: Parlophone

There's four albums that have a claim to being Radiohead's best.  If you just want some good tunes you can go with The Bends.  If you want to elevate AN IMPORTANT ALBUM about TECHNOLOGY and THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY that also has some good tunes, you can pick OK Computer.  If you want something newer that skews a little more electronic and is mellow as hell, you can't go wrong with In Rainbows.  And if you're a weirdo like me you can pick the one that's the synthesis of those other three, which would be Kid A.  From the opening synth notes of "Everything in Its Right Place" to the relatively straigtfordness of "Optimistic" to the marriage of strings and organ in "Motion Picture Soundtrack," nothing is a better highlight of everything the band excels at than their fourth album.

 

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